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Jaguar Land Rover chooses Slovakia over Poland for new plant

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Slovakia

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, a unit of Indian Tata, chose Slovakia over Poland as the location of its new production

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Europe 

Russian rewrite of crushing of Prague Spring angers Czech Republic and Slovakia

June 2, 2015June 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia

A Russian television film that depicts the Soviet suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring as having been in response to

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Europe 

Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania sign gas grids interconnection memorandum

May 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

Foreign ministers from four Eastern European countries – Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania – signed a memorandum on cooperation in

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Night Wolves reach Bratislava

May 3, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Russia, Slovakia

Five members of the Russian nationalist motorcycle club Night Wolves laid wreaths at the Slavín memorial in Bratislava on the afternoon of

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Europe 

Putin’s bikers’ ride through Slovakia provokes concerns

April 29, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Russia, Slovakia

The Night Wolves, a reportedly ultra-nationalist motorcycle club with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, are planning to make an

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Europe 

Slovak referendum on ‘family’ invalid, turnout low

February 8, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s February 7 referendum on family may be invalid as just 21.3 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot, suggest the

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Europe 

Slovakia plans new law to make it easier to monitor foreigners

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico’s government has plans for a new law that would make it easier to monitor foreigners

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2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream

December 30, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, archaeology, Czech Republic, European Parliament, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Stream, Turkey, Ukraine

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Czech Republic: Festival of Freedom marks the Velvet Revolution

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Slovakia

Numerous events are planned in the Czech Republic to celebrate 25 years since the Velvet Revolution. Some 16 civic groups

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